[Sweden]Bullying Abroad: Swedish Boy, 6, Attacked for Wearing PinkThe plight of GLBT youth has come into the spotlight in the United States due to a wave of suicides last fall. But the problem is international in scope--as was evidenced by an incident in Sweden in which a 6-year-old boy was stabbed in the neck by a classmate because he liked pink clothing and dance, AOL News reported on Feb. 11.

[Hungary]Budapest Pride barred from marching near ParliamentOrganisers of the LGBT Pride march in Budapest, planned for 18th June, requested to alter the parade route in order to march towards the Hungarian Parliament. Their request was turned down.The Rainbow Mission Foundation initially requested to hold Budapest’s 16th Pride march along the route used in previous years, which was authorised by police services. Last week, organisers applied for a partial route change, allowing the march to end in front of the Hungarian Parliament.

[Swaziland]‘Sex change’ teacher denied bail, weepsYesterday ‘Patricia’ Dludlu, the ‘sex change teacher’ cried while in the accused dock during his appearance.While he wants services of an attorney for his second case of alleged indecent assault, Dludlu was denied bail by Prosecutor Nelly Zwane.When Dludlu who was clad in a brown T-shirt and a dark green formal jacket was called the first time, his matter was put aside until he was brought before Magistrate Fikile Nhlabatsi’s court.

[USA] [Commentary]The Long Hard Road For Transgender Rights: ‘No one has the right to take the “T” out of LGBT’In the early years of the movement there really was no LGBT community. There was real separatism – and sometimes even bad blood – between the gay male community and lesbians. Many men refused to come to terms with issues of concern for women. Gay men were not immune from the sexism of the times. Many women passed judgement on what they thought to be ‘the gay male lifestyle.’ The Transgender community, with few exceptions, was relegated to the fringe and many forced isolation on them within the community. Many gays and lesbians didn’t even believe bisexuality existed and that all bisexual people were simple closet cases.